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i understand that...i bought a chip and was gonna install it and then all this happened...im gonna wait till it blows over...
Blows Over?
Hahaha. I want some of what you're smokin' if you actually think gas prices will go back down. Best you can hope for is a much slower increase.
I'll be happy if they just don't continue going up as fast as they did this last week -- 15 cents in 4 days here in Ft. Worth.
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The Oil futures market is finally cooling off, so gas prices should at least stabilize, though I HIGHLY doubt they will go down... at least not until the end of summer will we see a noticeable ease in gas prices, and maybe not even then.
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Originally posted by BOFH:
So stop whining, if you want to save real money, buy a beater, stop making payments, and carry only liability insurance.
I'm with you! This is not a big news story, and people are making WAY to big of a deal out of this. Is it going to affect some people. Sure, and Nick, you're one of the unfortunate, and it sucks. But in the grand scheme of things, this is NOTHING!
I'll take my area (Eastern MA) as an example. In the last month gas prices have shot up about $0.25/gallon.
They were roughly $1.75, and now up to about $2
Comeon people, lets go back to some simple math!
First, some assumptions
Annual Milage: 20,000 miles.
Ave MPG: 20 miles/gallon
So how much do you spend annually on gas?
20,000/20 = 1000 gallons/year * $0.25 = $250/year or $20/ month increase.
Now let me give you an idea of where you can get this money back. Again, some assumptions first
# of work days/year = (52 *5) = 260 (give or take)
Average Cup of Coffee = $2 (and thats none of these special coffees)
Annual cost of daily cup of coffee = 2 * 260 = $520/year, or $43/month!
Amazing how no one has complained about the coffee prices lately! Hell, even if you only have a cup of coffee every other workday, you've paid for the SMALL increase in gas prices.
Take a look at gas prices across the world, and you'll find that we've got the cheapest prices around! Stop your whining, suck it up, and start conserving or ride a bike!
- Zack
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I just put in $10 worth of 87 at a nice figure of $2.29/gal. First time in over four years of owning the car that I didn't completely fill with 89 or higher. Considering that 80% of my travel is a highway commute to work, I might have to cheapen up and use 87 for a while with a light foot. 
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Originally posted by Bob Blaylock:
Yeah I agree people, not 10, 100, or 1,000 people not buying gas would effect gas prices. If you're going to do this you need to have an entire city not buy gas for like a week or longer. One day of not buying gas will not lower the prices. DON'T BE A SUCKER!!!
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i'd boycott gas...funny thing though, car doesn't work without gas. Go figure!  
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To all you guys holding off on buying chips, no offense, but you can afford a couple hundred bucks for a chip but you can't afford an extra $3 per tankful?
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Originally posted by TheGreatOne:
i'd boycott gas...funny thing though, car doesn't work without gas. Go figure!
LOL yeah nice post
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Originally posted by zgendron:
I'm with you! This is not a big news story, and people are making WAY to big of a deal out of this. Is it going to affect some people. Sure, and Nick, you're one of the unfortunate, and it sucks. But in the grand scheme of things, this is NOTHING!
I'll take my area (Eastern MA) as an example. In the last month gas prices have shot up about $0.25/gallon.
They were roughly $1.75, and now up to about $2
Comeon people, lets go back to some simple math!
First, some assumptions
Annual Milage: 20,000 miles.
Ave MPG: 20 miles/gallon
So how much do you spend annually on gas?
20,000/20 = 1000 gallons/year * $0.25 = $250/year or $20/ month increase.
Now let me give you an idea of where you can get this money back. Again, some assumptions first
# of work days/year = (52 *5) = 260 (give or take)
Average Cup of Coffee = $2 (and thats none of these special coffees)
Annual cost of daily cup of coffee = 2 * 260 = $520/year, or $43/month!
Amazing how no one has complained about the coffee prices lately! Hell, even if you only have a cup of coffee every other workday, you've paid for the SMALL increase in gas prices.
Take a look at gas prices across the world, and you'll find that we've got the cheapest prices around! Stop your whining, suck it up, and start conserving or ride a bike!
This argument assumes that people still have excess cashflow in their budgets. Over the last couple of years, and especially for families, budgets are already as tight as they'll go. The people sweating $30-$50/month more in gas expenditures don't buy $2 coffee. These folks can't cut much more without sacrificing necessities for their family. Why can't people figure this out?
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Originally posted by bigMoneyRacing:
This argument assumes that people still have excess cashflow in their budgets. Over the last couple of years, and especially for families, budgets are already as tight as they'll go. The people sweating $30-$50/month more in gas expenditures don't buy $2 coffee. These folks can't cut much more without sacrificing necessities for their family. Why can't people figure this out?
Sure, maybe in some cases, but NO WAY its the majority.
Complaining about gas is something that nearly EVERYONE is doing now. I'm just sick of hearing it. If you are really struggling that much, there are options. I do not believe that these gas prices truly affect the majority of our country. People just don't like paying more, and they [censored] about it. That's all there is to it. Its not devastating to their way of life as they'd lead you to believe.
Also, you don't exactly see the Coffee Industry suffering, do you? Someone's buying coffer
- Zack
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